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 Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2009 12:56 am Post subject: Overview of Celiac Disease: Differences Child vs Adults |
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Overview of Celiac Disease: Differences Between Children and Adults
Practical Gastroenterology - April 2008
by Muralidhar Jatla, Patricia A Bierly, Karen H. Hlywiak, Jennifer Autodore, Ritu Verma
http://www.practicalgastro.com/pdf/April08/PG_Apr08JatlaArticle.pdf
| Quote: | Celiac disease (CD) is an immune-mediated enteropathy caused by a permanent sensitivity to gluten in genetically susceptible individuals. It presents as symptomatic subjects with gastrointestinal and non gastrointestinal symptoms, as well as subjects without specific CD symptoms that are affected by type I diabetes, Down syndrome, Turner syndrome, Williams syndrome, selective IgA deficiency, and first degree relatives of individuals with CD (1). Although the classic patient with malnutrition and a distended abdomen is readily diagnosed, it is becoming increasingly evident that symptomatic CD patients represent just the tip of the celiac iceberg (Figure 1).
Affecting 1% of the general population in the United States, including children, untreated CD poses long-term adverse health consequences including osteoporosis, anemia, poor growth, increased risk of autoimmune conditions and intestinal lymphoma (2). This review describes the epidemiology, pathophysiology, associated conditions, and treatment of CD, with an emphasis on aspects specific to the pediatric population.
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